Epidemic Strains of Shigella sonnei Biotype g Carrying Integrons
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- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 40 (4) , 1538-1540
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.40.4.1538-1540.2002
Abstract
Class 2 integrons (Tn 7 ) were found in all randomly selected epidemic ( n = 27) and preepidemic ( n = 13) strains of multiresistant Shigella sonnei biotype g. A class 1 integron was also found in two epidemic strains. Gene cassettes within these integrons account for resistance to commonly used therapeutic agents.Keywords
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